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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Samuel Allardyce | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Preston North End | 1 | (0) |
| 1994 | Macclesfield Town | 2 | (0) |
| 1994 | Guangdong Hongyuan | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 1994–1997 | Blackpool | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Chorley | ||
| 1998 | Chesterfield | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | Peterborough United | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | Welling United | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Mansfield Town | 10 | (0) |
| 2000 | Boston United | 3 | (1) |
| Total | 31+ | (1+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Turton | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Craig Samuel Allardyce (born 9 June 1975) is a retired footballer and afootball agent. He is the son of former player and manager,Sam Allardyce. He was the manager ofnon-League clubTurton from 2007 to 2009.
Allardyce had ajourneyman career, playing for eleven clubs in seven years.
Allardyce started his career in 1993 withPreston North End and left the club in 1994, to joinMacclesfield Town.
In 1994, Allardyce moved to Chinese outfitGuangdong Hongyuan. On 31 July 1994, Allardyce was involved in an on-pitch brawl withHao Haidong in Guangdong Hongyuan's league match withBayi FC. This resulted in Allardyce and Hao receiving a half-year ban by theChinese Football Association. He left China after this incident.
Allardyce then returned to England to play for a short spell atNorthwich Victoria, before moving toBlackpool, where his father Sam was manager until he was sacked in 1996. He stayed at the club for three years, playing only once in a league game during the1995–96 season.
After he was released by Blackpool in 1997, Allardyce then had short spells atRushden & Diamonds,Chorley,Chesterfield,Peterborough United,Welling United andMansfield Town, before joiningBoston United to end his career in 2000.
After his retirement at 25, Allardyce became afootball agent.
On 19 September 2006, Allardyce, and his father Sam were implicated in aBBCPanorama documentary for allegedly taking "bungs" (bribes) from agents if they signed certain players. Two agents, Teni Yerima and Peter Harrison, were secretly filmed, each separately saying that they had paid Sam Allardyce through his son. Sam Allardyce denied ever taking or asking for a bribe.[1]
The final report of theStevens inquiry, published in June 2007, expressed concerns regarding the involvement of father and son Allardyce in a number of transactions, however found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, stating: ″The inquiry remains concerned at the conflict of interest that it believes existed between Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce – the then manager at Bolton – and the club itself.″[2] In Summary, the Stevens Report stated: "there is no evidence of any irregular payments to club officials or players, and they are identified only as a consequence of the outstanding issues the inquiry has with the agents involved."
In December 2007 Allardyce took on a joint-managerial role of theWest Lancashire Football League clubTurton.[3] He left in 2009.
